November 2024
Hello Dear Reader // Hoi lieve lezer,
Thanks for subscribing to our Kaapsche Hollandsche Monthly Table Talk.
In our recent October Table talk, we spoke about “how to observe better”.
In this November edition we table talk about how to bless difficult people.
You know them! They reveal their true colours in testing times. Are you a difficult person? Maybe you are not who you think you are. Or maybe you have not been tested yet?
Let’s talk about these among us: difficult people.
Those people who truly get on your nerves. Those who seem to be totally unaware that what they do has an impact on others.
People who complain or mope while they are working. People who speak harshly, roll their eyes, behave rudely or show up late without an explanation.
Are you ready to see difficult people in a new way?
Let’s be willing!
Don’t be so quick to believe that their behavior has anything to do with you.
Most of the time it has nothing to do with you.
Don’t be impatient.
Don’t give them a hard time. Take the high road. Bless them!
When you bless difficult people, do it silently. Do it in your heart.
Do it because you know the truth: Every living being is a divine creation.
Some people forget their divinity. Others never know it because no one has told them they have it. Others will cleverly disguise their divinity with nasty dispositions, bad attitudes or indifference to those around them. The greatest service you can offer to God, yourself and the energy of the collective is a blessing.
For all you know, your blessing may be exactly what a difficult person needs to open their heart and renew their faith in who they are and encourage them in what they are doing. Bless difficult people because there may come a day when you are having a difficult time and will need to be blessed by someone else.
Especially with the blessed Christmas season coming up.
This time of the year you may have been sucked into letting difficult people create difficulty for you.
Let ‘s change attitude; open your heart to difficult peo-ple. Bless them! Don’t expect them to change. Instead, change your perspective about who they are and how you can get them saved.
Commit yourself to encourage and uplift difficult people this month with a silent blessing.
(Modified from Until Today by Iyanla Vanzant)
Start making memories around your table, it will make you truly rich!
Thank you for reading our table talks.
Met liefde,
Nelleke van Heerden
